by Jocosa Wade | Jan 16, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, whores of negativity, Writers life
On Saturday, I transcribed a bunch of Notes for this Toolbox. Took them out of my notebook and placed them in a computer document, so on Sunday, I could print them out and reshape them into something readable to share. I was very excited because this task is one of my...
by Jocosa Wade | Jan 2, 2020 | Creativity, Inspiration, Snow Queen, whores of negativity, Writers life, Writing tools
Confession— I never thought about punctuation until I read The Hours by Michael Cunningham. The way he uses a semi-colon is damn sexy. I wanted that for my writing. Unaware of semi-colon rules, I tossed them into paragraphs willy-nilly until a writing teacher set me...
by Jocosa Wade | Oct 24, 2019 | Creativity, Inspiration, whores of negativity, Writers life
Yaya, my Greek grandmother, was a gardener. The best gardener I’ve ever seen. She loved fresh cut flowers in her house. Her backyard was so overrun with flowering plants— even in the fall something was in bloom— only a tiny patch of grass was visible in the center,...
